I know some of you are aware that Unboxed by Mark Traversoni was briefly on the Monster Magic website and then shortly afterwards it vanished.
This is because the product is not original and is the same as Abstractor by Alexander DeCova. As a magic dealer I felt had no option but to remove it from the site because I don’t believe Mark Traversoni has the rights to produce it.
Abstractor by Alexander DeCova was first published in Scrapbook Magazine (Issue 3) in 2014 and in his later book Burners 1 (2015).
Although Mark does mention previous effects which are similar, such as Extractor by Alakazam and The Swiss Project by Brandon David and Chris Turchi. He doesn’t give any credit to DeCova, so I assume he has not asked permission for this release.
Viewers of the Saturday Show will appreciate this isn’t the time I’ve been left with stock I cannot sell. I’m really not sure how as a community we can prevent this from happening with such frequency – ideas on a postcard please.